Dorothy E. “Dottie” Thomas, known as the “mother of bone marrow transplantation” for the years she spent working alongside her husband, Nobel Prize-winning Dr. E. Donnall Thomas, died Jan. 9 at her home near Seattle. She was 92. The couple formed the core of a Fred Hutch clinical research team that proved bone marrow transplantation could cure leukemias and other blood cancers.
In a landscape crowded with diet contenders that each promise better health, how do you choose the best eating plan? Experts at Fred Hutch and elsewhere offer their advice.
Fred Hutch researchers weigh in on the value of the HPV test as first-line screening for cervical cancer, which eventually may replace the Pap test, the gold standard since the 1950s.
A new study led by Fred Hutch’s Dr. Marco Mielcarek finds halving the standard steroid dose treats most acute GVHD just as well and could limit dangerous side effects.
Second (or third or fourth) opinions don’t always change cancer treatment, but they’re still important, Fred Hutch experts say, especially for those with uncommon malignancies.
The Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research, or HICOR, has received a $7.7 million research award to reduce treatment complications and improve the quality of care.
Scientists rewrite bacterium’s genetic language so it can’t survive outside the lab, preventing genetically modified organisms from escaping into natural ecosystems.
Give tribute to a family member, anniversary or cancer milestone by purchasing a custom brick or slate on the Fred Hutch campus. Commemorative bricks and slates purchased by April 15, 2015, will be laid in our once-a-year installation this summer.
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